TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Antecedents and interventions for aggressive behavior of patients at a geropsychiatric state hospital
JO  - Hospital and community psychiatry
A1  - Colenda, C. C.
A1  - Hamer, Robert M.
SP  - 287
EP  - 292
VL  - 42
IS  - 3
N2  - Aggressive geropsychiatric patients pose major problems for long-term care facilities. Two exploratory surveys at a geropsychiatric state hospital, separated by brief programs of inservice training on managing aggressive patients, examined several aspects of aggressive behavior and staff interventions. Major findings included a stable overall prevalence of aggressive behavior in both survey periods; a persistently higher prevalence of aggression and a higher rate of physical aggression among dementia patients than among other patients; and staff-patient exchanges as a major triggering event for aggression. In the survey period after the inservice training, staff interventions remained similar for nondementia patients; however, for dementia patients, interpersonal interventions were used less frequently, and p.r.n. medications, alone or in combination with seclusion or restraint, were used more often.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1597
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -